Chennai
Express
Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian romantic
action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under
the banner Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features Shahrukh Khan and
Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Khan
and Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om and the first between Khan
and Rohit Shetty. Chennai Express is about a man's journey from Mumbai to
Rameshwaram and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the
daughter of a local don. Principal photography began on 27 September 2012.
Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped up by May 2013.... More >>
Chennai Express Movie Cast
1. Deepika Padukone as Meenalochni
Azhagusundaram
2. Shahrukh Khan as Rahul
Mithaiwala
3. Sathyaraj as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram,
Meena's Father
4. Nikitin Dheer as Tangaballi
5. Kamini Kaushal as Rahul's
Grandmother
6. Lekh Tandon as Y.Y Mithaiwala
(Rahul's Grandfather)
7. Mukesh Tiwari as Inspector of
Komban village
Chennai Express Movie Details
Movie Name: Chennai Express
Director: Rohit Shetty
Producer: Gauri Khan, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy
Kapur.
Music: Vishal–Shekhar
Release Date: 1 July 2013
Shooting Location:
Kerala
Budget: INR
750 million
Chennai Express Movie Story
Rahul
Mithaiwala (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor who lives in Mumbai.
Rahul's parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and it was
his grandparents who brought him up. His grandfather has a sweet-selling chain
store – Y.Y. Mithaiwala. Before his birth centenary celebration, two of Rahul's
friends suggest a vacation in Goa which he accepts. On the day of the birth
centenary, his grandfather dies whilst seeing a cricket match. His grandmother
tells him that his grandfather desired to have his ashes divided into two parts
– to be immersed in the Ganges River (in the north) and Rameswaram (in the
south). She requests Rahul to go to Rameswaram and immerse the ashes. Rahul
reluctantly accepts her request. On the other hand he was eager to attend the
Goa trip, so, he and his friends make plans to dump the ashes at Goa. But, they
were forced to change their plan when Rahul's grandmother told him that she
would be coming to see him off at the station. This forces Rahul to travel by
train and he booked a single ticket on the Chennai Express. He plans to meet
his friends after commencing the journey at the Kalyan Junction station from
where they would travel to Goa by car.
Rahul
forgets to take his grandfather's ashes on reaching the station and when he
comes back to get it, when the train was leaving the platform, he sees a girl
running to catch the train. He helps her board the moving train. Then he
notices four men also running to catch the train. Rahul helps them all to get
in and himself misses the platform to get off. He learns that those four men
were actually kidnapping the girl whose name is Meenalochni Azhagu Sundaram
(Deepika Padukone) a.k.a. Meenamma. She was trying to flee from a forced
marriage to Tangaballi (Nikitin Dheer). Her father Durgeshwara Azhagu Sundaram
(Sathyaraj), is a powerful headman of the Komban Kaum (an anagram of
Kumbakonam) in Tamil Nadu. He wants her to marry Thangaballi so that he would
assume control of the neighbouring village as well. Meena takes Rahul to her
father and introduces him as her lover. Thangaballi challenges Rahul for a duel
which Rahul accepts in sign language. On the night of the fight, Rahul escapes
with the help of a local Sikh policeman but in the turn of events, ends up in
Komban Kaum again. Surrounded by sickle-wielding henchmen of Azhagu Sundaram,
Rahul then pretends to take Meena as hostage and escapes again in her father's
favourite car. When the jeep breaks down, they quarrel and go separate ways.
But, Rahul not knowing which way to go, comes back to Meena who takes him to
the Vidhamba village where a wedding was taking place. Meena lies to the people
that they are a married couple and have eloped and needed protection and rest.
The
villagers grow fond of the couple and take care of them as long as they stay
while Meena realises that she has fallen in love with Rahul. When Rahul has
plans of leaving secretly, Meena does not want to earn the distrust of the
affectionate villagers. As he tries to leave, he is caught by Thangaballi but
the villagers help him escape again. Meena who persuades him to immerse his
grandpa's ashes travels with Rahul to Rameswaram. There they complete the rites
and on their way back, Rahul, realising that he has also fallen in love with
Meena, does not tell Meena where they go. He takes Meena back to her father
again and tries to make him understand and honour his daughter's wish. He also
confesses for the first time that he loves her too. Rahul tells Thangaballi and
his goons that he has come ready for the fight this time. In the fight that follows,
Rahul though severely injured emerges the winner. Meena's father and
Thangaballi finally turn over a new leaf and accept that the heart of a common
man like Rahul is much bigger than their physical ability and political clout.
Azhagu Sundaram, allows Rahul to marry his daughter, the twist that changed
Rahul's life forever. When they finally unite, the film leaves a message that
love knows no barriers of region or language and that with a strong heart,
there is no limit to what a common man can achieve.
Chennai Express Movie Release Date
1 July 2013
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